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as in bewildering
to throw into a state of mental uncertainty
troops disoriented by the sudden change in battle plans
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Recent Examples of disorienting
Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
His face is always changing, always disorienting her.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
The filmmaking craft is a considerable step up here from Smile, with returning DP Charlie Sarroff making clever use of disorienting angles and mirror shots, and again flipping the frame upside-down as Skye begins unraveling.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
Adopting a minimalist style that employes lots of tight framing, director Randall Okita and his cinematographers (Jordan Oram and Jackson Parrell) use the camera to mirror Sophie’s impairment, creating for a claustrophobic and disorienting aesthetic.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The disorienting tone is set immediately by pilot director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Over the past four decades, Chile has made a disorienting journey from state of terror to hopeful democracy to queasy malaise.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Verb
The spiraling hall-of-mirrors approach can sometime be disorienting but Baker’s sheer conviction carries it across.
—Rob Salkowitz, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
His face is always changing, always disorienting her.
—Honor Jones, The Atlantic, 7 Dec. 2024
The filmmaking craft is a considerable step up here from Smile, with returning DP Charlie Sarroff making clever use of disorienting angles and mirror shots, and again flipping the frame upside-down as Skye begins unraveling.
—David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024
Adopting a minimalist style that employes lots of tight framing, director Randall Okita and his cinematographers (Jordan Oram and Jackson Parrell) use the camera to mirror Sophie’s impairment, creating for a claustrophobic and disorienting aesthetic.
—Travis Bean, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2024
The disorienting tone is set immediately by pilot director Jordan Vogt-Roberts.
—Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2024
Over the past four decades, Chile has made a disorienting journey from state of terror to hopeful democracy to queasy malaise.
—Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for disorienting
Adjective
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With new mysteries such as dark matter, dark energy, the search for a quantum theory of gravity, the Hubble tension and the cause of the Big Bang all perplexing physicists, now would be a great time for another transformation in science akin to that of a century ago.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
17 Jan. 2025
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The pavilion’s perplexing parent company, yeswetrust, seemed to offer everything from crypto to Thai real estate to daily incentives to meditate, drink water, and breathe.—
Caitlín Doherty,
Harper's Magazine,
2 Jan. 2025
Verb
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Researchers are particularly focused on unraveling the puzzling interplay between gas content, magma pressure and lava flow dynamics.—
Dan Perry,
Newsweek,
3 Jan. 2025
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Almost two years into his ordeal, Gould learned of an initiative at the National Institutes of Health that focuses on solving the country’s most puzzling medical cases.—
Jason Liebowitz,
The Atlantic,
2 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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This may be baffling to the internet’s many Last Showgirl skeptics, but chalk it up to her indefatigable campaigning, as well as the Everything Everywhere All at Once afterglow.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
18 Jan. 2025
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Even more baffling was the introduction of the supernatural in season 2.—
Sara Netzley,
EW.com,
21 Dec. 2024
Adjective
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But beyond those bewildering effects, Lynch was onto something.—
Billy J. Stratton,
The Conversation,
17 Jan. 2025
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Her bewildering response may put an end to her political career, as withering criticisms continue.—
The Editorial Board,
Orange County Register,
15 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The forensic evidence might have been ambiguous, but Barnhorst said one thing seemed clear.—
Ariane Lange,
Sacramento Bee,
26 Jan. 2025
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Over time, these experiences cause the brain to become hyper-aware of any signs of disapproval, interpreting neutral or ambiguous situations as personal rejection.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes,
24 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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These narratives, usually propagated by media pundits and partisan operators, attempt to establish cause-and-effect relationships throughout financial markets and the nation’s economy that may not exist, confidently explaining the unknowable by framing it within a political context.—
Dan Irvine,
Forbes,
25 Nov. 2024
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The internal effects in Iran of such a scenario are unknowable.—
Richard Haass,
Foreign Affairs,
6 Jan. 2025
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Also, incomprehensible to anyone that understands water policy in the state.—
NBC News,
NBC News,
12 Jan. 2025
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Humans may occasionally make seemingly random, incomprehensible, and inconsistent mistakes, but such occurrences are rare and often indicative of more serious problems.—
Bruce Schneier,
IEEE Spectrum,
11 Jan. 2025
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“Disorienting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disorienting. Accessed 6 Feb. 2025.
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